MAKE A MEME View Large Image Northwest Fisheries Company buildings at Boca de Quadra estuary, ca 1912 (THWAITES 344).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 2 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image N W Fisheries Co Boca de Quadra Alaska PH Coll 247 824<br/...
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Keywords: Northwest Fisheries Company buildings at Boca de Quadra estuary, ca 1912 (THWAITES 344).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 2 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image N W Fisheries Co Boca de Quadra Alaska PH Coll 247 824<br/>Boca de Quadra is an estuary which extends southwest for 34 miles from Keta River to Revillagigedo Channel It is a Spanish name meaning estuary of Quadra given in 1792 by Jacinto Caamano for Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra who took part in expenditions and made surveys in southeast Alaska in 1775-1779 This name was adopted by Capt George Vancouver who explored this estuary in 1793 Subjects LCTGM Northwest Fisheries Company--Facilities--Alaska; Boca de Quadra Alaska ; Bays Bodies of water --Alaska Subjects LCSH Salmon canneries--Alaska--Boca de Quadra depicted place United States--Alaska--Boca de Quadra ca 1912 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 344 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW359 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Bays Salmon canneries
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